Words — 53 found
ボトルキープ
1. practice of buying a bottle of spirits at a bar which is then kept there for the customerWasei, word made in Japan, From English “bottle keep”. Wasei (word made in Japan)
ボトル・キープ
た
立ちんぼ
1. streetwalker; street girl
2. being kept standing (without doing anything); remaining on one's feet
3. beggar; tramp
4. tout (for a hostess bar)
5. street drug pusher
6. day laborer standing and waiting for a job
立ちん坊 【たちんぼ】、立ちん坊 【たちんぼう】
いちだくせんきん
一諾千金
1. one's word is worth 1,000 pieces of gold; a promise should be kept at all costYojijukugo (four character compound)
てか
手掛け
1. handleOnly applies to 手掛け, Only applies to 手懸け, Only applies to 手掛, Only applies to 手懸
手懸け 【てかけ】、手掛 【てかけ】、手懸 【てかけ】、妾 【てかけ】
1. (festivity) page
2. baby; child
3. boys kept by pederastsArchaic
ひめしく
冷や飯を食う
1. to depend on someone for food and lodgingIdiomatic expression
2. to be treated coldly; to be kept in a low positionIdiomatic expression
1. (kept) overnight
びちくまい
備蓄米
1. stockpile rice (kept by the government to use as emergency provisions); reserved rice
ろくこうよんみん
六公四民
1. land-tax rate during the Edo period (the government took 60 percent of the year's rice crop and the farmers kept 40 percent)
かつぎょ
活魚
1. live fish and shellfish (kept in a tank in a restaurant)
活魚 【いけうお】、活け魚 【いけうお】、生け魚 【いけうお】
ちょう
ネタ帳
1. idea notebook (e.g. used by a comedian)
2. notebook recording the day's performances (kept in an entertainment hall's backstage to prevent repeated stories)
ネタ帖 【ネタちょう】